Saturday, February 13, 2021

People Get Ready, the Impressions

It's Black Music month!

People Get Ready, the Impressions, 1965, :31 

★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

I don't think I knew that Curtis Mayfield was in the Impressions.  This is a nice album, with "People Get Ready" its highest point, but the harmonies are always on point.  The second half sounds a little tired, though.  Favorite tracks: "People Get Ready," "Can't Work No Longer" with its doo-wop stylings (reminds me of "Saturday Night at the Movies"), "Woman's Got Soul," "We're in Love."

Apart From the Crowd, Great Buildings

Apart From the Crowd , Great Buildings, 1981, :40 ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ Solid jangle-pop from a now largely-forgotten group featuring two guys who went ...